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Review for quiz Vietnam thru Reagan
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Category - Vietnam
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Vietnam War Vocabulary
Dien Bien Phu American Tactics (Napalm, Agent Orange, Search & Destroy) Domino Theory Draft Geneva Accords Tet Offensive Guerilla Warfare (be able to explain how Vietnamese fought, tactics) My Lai Massacre Vietnamization Ho Chi Minh Kent State Vietminh War Powers Act 1973 Ngo Dinh Diem John F. Kennedy Vietcong Lyndon B. Johnson Tonkin Gulf Resolution Richard Nixon William Westmoreland
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Which people were north Vietnamese communist troops?
Vietminh
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Which people were south Vietnamese, rebelling against the catholic leadership and foreigners in the south? Vietcong
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Which man led the communist country of north Vietnam, and was a national hero?
Ho Chi Minh
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Which man led a corrupt government in south Vietnam, restricting Buddhism?
Ngo Dien Diem
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What was Eisenhower’s idea that if one country in asia fell to communism, the rest would fall as well? Domino Theory
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What agreement temporarily divided Vietnam into north and south at the 17th parallel??
Geneva Accords
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Which president got American troops fighting in vietnam?
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Which President got American troops removed from Vietnam?
Richard Nixon
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
What allowed for America to fight in Vietnam without having to declare war, named after an incident with one of our destroyers?? Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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What is the name of the turning point in Vietnam, where the Vietnamese led a massive attack against American troops on their new year? Tet Offensive
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Who led American troops in Vietnam?
William Westmoreland
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What tragedy led American people to turn against the soldiers returning from Vietnam, calling them Baby killers? My Lai Massacre
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What student led demonstration turned violent with the national guard, leading to the deaths of 4 students? Kent State Massacre
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What was Nixon’s plan to remove troops from Vietnam called
What was Nixon’s plan to remove troops from Vietnam called? It required us to turn the war back over to the Vietnamese. Vietnamization
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What legislation passed after Vietnam to stop the president from taking troops to war without congressional approval? War Powers Act 1973
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Where were French troops finally defeated in the 1st Vietnam war, leading to American intervention?
Dien Bien Phu
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Category – Rights Groups
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Rights Groups Vocabulary
Women’s Rights Environmental Movement NOW EPA Betty Friedan – The Feminine Mystique Earth Day ERA Student Movement Title IX New Left Roe vs. Wade SDS Native American Rights Woodstock AIM Anti-war Movement Wounded Knee 1973 Berkeley Latino/Chicano Rights Kent State Cesar Chavez - UFW Gay Rights Movement Grape Boycott Stonewall Riots
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Which person led the Latinos to boycott grapes, asking for better working conditions?
Cesar Chavez
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Title IX, ERA, NOW and the Feminine Mystique were all steps forward for what group?
Women
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What incident led to the start of the modern LGBT movement?
Stonewall Riots
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AIM – American Indian Movement
Which group put together protests like wounded Knee 1973 and the Trail of Broken Treaties? AIM – American Indian Movement
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The Environmentalists succeeded in making America aware of conservation by instituting what national holiday? Earth Day (April 22)
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This event was the illustration of what the counterculture movement stood for – sex, drugs and rock and roll (in a peaceful manner). Woodstock
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SDS – Students for a Democratic Society
This student group held teach-ins to protest government and corporations hijacking the voice of the young people being drafted to Vietnam. SDS – Students for a Democratic Society
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Vocabulary on Presidents Packet
Category – Nixon/Ford Vocabulary on Presidents Packet
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CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
Which organization, controlled by Nixon’s Republican Party, is this mean to represent? CREEP (Committee to Re-elect the President)
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Who was Nixon’s partner in travel, helping him negotiate détente, pictured here?
Henry Kissinger
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What was Nixon’s plan for America Titled, as shown in this cartoon?
New Federalism
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What was the agreement called, that is represented in this picture?
Salt I
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What country did Nixon relax tensions with, using the illustrated method?
China
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What incident is represented in this cartoon?
Watergate (tapes)
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What happened to Nixon, as represented in this cartoon?
Resignation
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Who replaced Nixon as President, though he never had to even get elected as vice president?
Gerald Ford
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What was ford’s most controversial decision, which he made very early in his presidency?
Pardon of Nixon
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Category – Carter/Reagan
Vocabulary on Presidents Packet
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Carter was called the great negotiator for successfully negotiating peace between which two countries? Egypt and Israel
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What was Jimmy Carter’s focus as president, which forced us to end our relations with the Soviet Union? Human Rights
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What did Carter’s administration return control of to the people of Central America?
Panama Canal
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Which leader was allowed to come to the US, leading to a Hostage crisis in Iran?
Shah of Iran
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How many American hostages were taken in Tehran?
52
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Shi’ites legally took power in Iran
List one thing that changed that led to the release of hostages in iran? Reagan was elected Shah died Shi’ites legally took power in Iran War broke out between Iran and Iraq
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Who was the new leader of the Soviet Union in the 1980s, who tried to restructure, but led them to collapse? Mikhail Gorbachev
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What was Nancy Reagan’s campaign against drugs called?
Just Say No
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What religious group rose to prominence under Reagan, led by televangelists like Jerry Falwell?
Moral Majority
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Reagan’s economic plan to put more money is people’s pockets was called supply-side economics, and nicknamed what? Reaganomics
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What deadly health disease did America become aware of during Reagan’s presidency?
AIDS
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1st Woman – Sandra Day O’Connor
What was Reagan’s biggest step in changing the make-up of the supreme court? 1st Woman – Sandra Day O’Connor
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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
What was Reagan’s defense plan for the cold war, requiring satellites in space to shoot soviet missiles and nicknamed “Star Wars”? Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
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In which country did more than 100,000 students protest for freedom, but were put down violently by their government? China
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In Which country did Reagan’s administration support rebels by giving them weapons and money from Iran? Nicaragua
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Abortion Affirmative Action Prayer in schools ERA Taxation
The New Right (Christian Right) grew in Reagan’s administration…give 2 things they wanted to change. Abortion Affirmative Action Prayer in schools ERA Taxation Homosexuality
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